Word: somberness
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...novel's heft and subject suggest a routine costume epic. But stripped of its ornaments, Voyage is in fact a rather somber study of the human condition. The story's most fully drawn seaman, a seething 50-year-old giant named Harwar, plans to dynamite Car after it reaches the States. In the book's terms, the scheme seems justifiable. Harwar is strong, and though he is an alcoholic, he has been off the sauce for seven months. He stays sober for nearly two weeks more in San Francisco as he waits to wreck the vessel...
Facing the reality of economic inequity and its somber side-effects, I am sure that Rev. King would urge the following...
...disturbingly stark, Roots features Cicely Tyson as Kinte's mother, Maya Angelou as his grandmother, John Amos as Kinte in middle age, and Ben Vereen as his grandson. Kinte as a teenager will be portrayed by LeVar Burton, 19, a U.S.C. sophomore and acting novice. To give the somber story line additional star power, such big names as Lorne Greene, Lloyd Bridges, Chuck Connors, O.J. Simpson, Leslie Uggams and Doug McClure will appear in small roles...
...Somber Thought. Some officials argue that stricter controls will discourage shipowners from sending their fleets to U.S. ports, with the result that the country will be unable to get the oil it needs. But others disagree. Over a period of years, the U.S. has adopted international conventions governing safety at sea and now requires all ships calling at U.S. ports to pick up passengers to meet the same strict standards. At first many shipowners objected. But those eager for a share of a lucrative market quickly complied. Oil shippers would almost surely do the same...
Futurists add one final somber thought: The world's oil will eventually run out and be replaced by something else. The seas?and their resources?are irreplaceable...